Germany's Tommy Haas beat Alex Corretja of Spain 7-6 6-3 to move into the men's singles quarter-finals in Sydney.

Max Mirnyi of Belarus eased past Mariano Zabeleta of Argentina 7-6 6-2 to make the last eight.

Roger Federer of Switzerland blew away Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden 6-1 6-2.

Finally, Karim Alami of Morocco produced a determined display to see off Fabrice Santoro of France 6-2 5-7 6-4.